Toy.



1. H. EVANS.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I. 1917.

1 ,299,696.' Patented Apr. 8,1919.

gwum Hoz JOHN H. EVANS, OF BRIDGEPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY.

b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HOWARD EvANs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in-the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have, invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is specification. My invention relates to improvements in toys, and more particularly to an improved wheeled toy, the body of which represents a boat supported on wheels and caused to move by means of an improved arrangement of toggle levers and oars.

A further object, is to provide an improved mounting for a caster wheel at the front end of the body, which allows the body to be guided by the movement of the oars.

A further object is to provide a toy of the character described which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price, which will be neat and attractive in appearance, and which will be stong and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view, illustrating my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation and Fig. 8 is a view in section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

1 represents the body of my improved toy, which is preferably in the form of a boat, having a sliding seat 2, supported in any approved manner in the body.

The rearend of body 1, is supported by two driving wheels 33, which are mounted on an axle 4.

The front end of the body is supported by a caster wheel 5, mounted in a vertical fork 6, supported to turn in a vertical bearing sleeve 7, on body 1. A practically horizontal fork 8, straddles caster wheel 5, and is connected to fork 6. This fork 8 is connected to the body 1, bymeans of a coiled spring 9, which normally holds the caster wheel in straight or longitudinal position, but allows it to pivot or caster as occasion may require but always returns the wheel to its normal straight position.

The driving mechanisms on both sides of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 1, 1917. Serial N 0. 189,252.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919,.

body 1, are precisely alike and hence the description of one will apply alike to both. Each driving mechanism employs a vertically positioned toggle lever 10, consisting of four links 11, 12, and 14. A vertical lever 15 is pivotally sup-ported between its ends on a pin 16 forming a part of a bracket 17, rigidly secured to body 1. This pin 16 is connected to the upper and lower ends of the toggle lever 10 =b means of links 18 and 19, which maintain the toggle lever in a vertical position. The lever 15, above and below its pivot 16 is connected by links20 and 21 respectively with the opposite sides or intermediate pivots 22 and 23 of the toggle lever 10. A pitman 24 connects pin 23 with a crank pin 25 on the driving Wheel 3, so that the movement of the toggle is transmitted to the wheel.

The driving mechanisms on the sides of the body 1, are operated by two oars 26, p ivotally supported near their outer ends as shown at 27 and having slots 28 in their outer ends which receive the upper ends of levers 15.-

The operation of the toggle levers is as follows:

The pivot 16, 22 and 23 are maintained in horizontal alinement by means of the links 18 and 19. The movement of lever 15 through the medium of links 20 and 21 causes the toggle lever to expand and contract, and hence impart a steady movement to pitman 24, to rotate driving wheel .3 and propel the toy.

The operation is very much the same as that of rowing a boat, and the movement of the toy can be guided or steered by causing one oar to move more than the other in ac colldance with the direction it is desired t9 ta e.

Various slight changes may be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having. fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy of the character described, comprising a. body and driving wheels supported by the body, a toggle level carried by the body, rigid connections from opposite expoint on the body, a

tremities of the lever to a relatively fixed single operating lever and connections, one from the 0 rating lever and one from one of the whee s to acommon intermediate point on the toggle lever.

2. A toy of the character descr1bed,'comprising a body, driving wheels on the body, a toggle leverconstruction carried by the body, rigid connections from opposite extremities of the toggle lever to a relatively fixed point on the body, a single operating lever and connections from the operatinglever and from one of the wheels to a common intermediate point on the togglelever construction, and a secondconnection from the single lever to a difierent intermediate point upon the toggle lever construction.

3. A to of the character described, comprising a body, and driving wheels supporting the body, toggle levers supported by body, pitmen connectin the toggle levers with the driving whee s, levers 'pivotally supported by the body, links connecting the last mentioned levers with the toggle levers, and oars operating the first mentioned levers.

4. A toy of thecharacter described, comprising a body, driving wheels supporting the body, and having crank pins thereon, 1e-

the

vers pivotally supported between their ends ots of the toggle'levers with the first mentioned levers above and below the pivots of crank pins thereon, a caster wheel support-' toggle levers, links connecting 85 the latter, and pitmen connecting the toggle ing the front end of the body, a fork con- I connecting the fork with the body and normall holding the caster wheel in a straight line ongitudlnal of the body, levers 'on the sldes of the body operatively connected to the crank pins on .the driving wheels, and

'nected to the caster wheel support, a spring oars pivotally connected to the body and operatively connected to said levers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. JOHN H. EVANS.

Witnesses:

KATHRYN A. SUMMER, AGNES M. Co'rmn, 

